Shah Jahani Mahal

Sunil Kashyap 24 months ago

Approach is from the common courtyard adjoining Jehangiri mahal. It is situated between the white marble Khas Mahal and the red stone Jahangiri Mahal.
It is the earliest attempt of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to convert an existing redstone building in accordance with his taste. It is his earliest palace in Agra Fort and has a large hall and side rooms, and an octagonal tower on the river side. Provides views of the Taj Mahal by the river Yamuna.

The construction of the brick masonry and red stone were all white marble, and colourfully painted with floral designs.

Ranjan Chakraborty 72 months ago

Inside Agra Fort, the place where emperor Aurangzeb kept his father Emperor Shahjahan under house arrest. This portion has beautiful buildings and inside those buildings contains beautiful works. You can see the Taj Mahal at a far distance from here.

Geetha Pai 60 months ago

Shahjahani Mahal lies between the red sandstone Jahangiri Mahal & the white marble Khas Mahal.
It is the earliest palace of Shahjahan with a hall, side rooms & an octagonal riverside pavilion.
The red sandstone structure was plastered in white stucco & had colourful floral paintings.
The side facing the Khas Mahal has a marble dalan with five, nine cusped arches resting on pillars.

The western bay has been closed & the so-called Somnath Gate, is placed here in a glass enclosure, though not related to the Mughals or their forts in any way.
This gate was brought by the Britishers from Ghazni to Agra Fort, in 1842 to win the goodwill of Indians

Governor General Lord Ellenborough proclaimed that he had brought back the sandalwood gate of the Somnath temple, taken away by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1025.

It was a false claim as the Ghazni gate is made of deodar wood & not sandalwood.
Also it has Arabic inscriptions with Islamic motifs
It was soon discovered that this belonged to the tomb of Mahmud of Ghazni who died in 1030